People · Republic of Korea
Kim I-Gwon (김이권)
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024IGWO01
Kim I-Gwon (김이권) has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at Ansan Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 219th in Republic of Korea. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2024, he has put 229 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.44 in January 2024 to 8.43, a 26% improvement. Kim has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Republic of Korea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.43 | 10.36 | top 3.6% | 219 / 4,390 | |
| 4×4 | 32.00 | 35.83 | top 4.2% | 88 / 1,316 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.98 | 16.59 | top 4.4% | 57 / 981 | |
| 5×5 | 57.76 | 1:02.45 | top 4.5% | 52 / 725 | |
| 7×7 | 2:52.71 | 2:57.55 | top 8.7% | 35 / 256 | |
| Megaminx | 1:04.85 | 1:14.25 | top 12.6% | 88 / 526 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.71 | 2:34.32 | early days — 3 solves | 94 / 335 | |
| 2×2 | 4.54 | 5.63 | top 33.5% | 1,002 / 2,334 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Korea Open 2025.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First competition: Seoul Open 2024. A 11.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ansan Autumn 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Uhseo Osong 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Korean Championship 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Korea Open 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Suwon Summer 2025 · 13 Jul 2025
- Happy Suseong 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Seoul Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brown Fall Seongnam 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Ansan Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Daegu Cold Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Seoul Open 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Seung Hyuk Nahm (남승혁) — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.